loess

(Inglés)

Any sediment, dominated by silt, of eolian (wind-blown) origin.

Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/lɜːs/
Etimoloxía (Inglés)

In summary

Borrowed from German Löss (“yellowish-gray soil”), from Alemannic German lösch (“loose”). Cognate with German los and English lease.

yellow soil

yellow ochre

yellow sand

loessal soil

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έρημος

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